**March 24, 2012 was our One Year Gotcha Day! We officially became a Family on March 10, 2011 and the boys joined us on March 24, 2011 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. That is our Official Gotcha Day!! We didn't do much in regards to celebrating, but we did have a cake to commemorate the event. Chris looked at pictures on the computer with the boys and talked about it all. David seemed to remember some of the events, but Michael didn't really seem too interested. He just liked the pictures!
**Easter this year was pretty quiet. Our neighbors (Joann and Benny) brought over Easter Baskets for the boys the night before so that they were surprised when they got up. Mama was mean and wouldn't let them get into anything until after we got home from church and lunch. Unfortunately we don't have any pictures. We keep forgetting to take them!
**Davis is doing really well in Kindergarten and we are looking forward to 1st grade next year! We already have the supply list and have started planning on buying everything early (we decided not to go with the pre-packaged supplies this year). We are also looking into a 2 or 3 day a week preschool program for Michael at a couple of local churches.
**Rachael will be the Home Economics teacher at Seven Lakes Junior High next year! It is the newest junior high (will open this summer) in the district and she is excited about the opportunity to open a new building and program. There is nothing quite like trying to spend a large amount of bond money to buy supplies for a department when you have only seen the rooms once and can only use a limited number of places to order from! The challenges of a teacher.....
**Chris is still working hard as a CSM at Wal-Mart. Some days are better than others (especially when working with the public), but he still enjoys the challenge (most days, that is).
**We are all looking forward to summer vacation and being able to spend time together as a family and have fun with day trips: Houston Zoo, Children's Museum, Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham, etc.
**The boys enjoy playing in the backyard when the weather is good. The only thing that would make it better is if they had a play structure or swing set of some sort (maybe this summer after we get our tax refund back??).
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| Playing with a Rolly Polly |
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| See my 'house'? |
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| Mama said to smile pretty.... |
